Outbuilding at Bach House is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. Outbuilding.

Outbuilding at Bach House

WRENN ID
white-step-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 March 1985
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Outbuilding at Bach House, Presteigne
OS grid reference
SO 300 685
Coordinates
52.3103, -3.02725
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The outbuilding at Bach House is a two-storey structure built in a box-frame style on rubble footings, positioned lengthwise on a slope. It features a slate roof with a metal flue at the center, plain bargeboards, and plaster infill. The gable ends are supported by diagonal braces. There are various small windows, and access is provided by one small and one large boarded door located at the top of steps. To the left, there is a modern lean-to extension.

Local climate

Outbuilding at Bach House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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